Hazem Tahsin Bek on Saturday succeeded his late father as prince of the Yazidi religious minority that was brutalised by the Islamic State group in northern Iraq. He was enthroned in a ceremony in Lalish, the Yazidis' holiest site in Iraq's mountainous northwest, after having been named by...

 More than 400,000 people have been displaced in northwestern Syria over the past three months, the UN said Friday, as the government presses an intensified bombardment of the rebel-held region. “More than 400,000 people have been displaced since the end of April,” said David...

When Syrian real estate worker Abu Ahmad was stopped by police in Istanbul he expected a ritual ticking-off for his expired documents, before being allowed on his way. Instead he says he was bundled into a bus packed with 50 men and deported to Syria. The 31-year-old was stopped as he set...

Maha al-Nasser queues in front of a crowded clinic in Syria's Al-Hol camp, her frail daughter squirmingin her arms under the stifling desert heat. "My daughter has suffered from convulsions and malnutrition," said 30-year-old Nasser, her face covered in a black veil. "When she...